@ChristianUncut @businessinsider @BBCRoryCJ Here’s the thing: locally and nationally and internationally, the tech industry has gone from bright young star to death star. Not only have Silicon Valley companies turned out to be roughly as dirty in their corporate maneuvering as any old oil company or military contractor ...
@ChristianUncut @businessinsider @BBCRoryCJ ... but because of the Valley’s founder worship, they’ve been almost uniquely controlled by a tiny number of people. Where does this almost unbelievably bad news cycle end for these companies? And what if the news stays bad ...
@ChristianUncut @businessinsider @BBCRoryCJ ... but the people using their products simply can’t extract themselves from the platforms tech has built?
@ChristianUncut @businessinsider @BBCRoryCJ Think back a few years, before the Amazon HQ2 sweepstakes, before Susan Fowler’s viral blog post that opened the floodgates, before the #MeToo movement, before the 2016 election ...
@ChristianUncut @businessinsider @BBCRoryCJ Across the nation, Silicon Valley was the crown jewel of the economy. The companies were youthful and ambitious. The culture was loose and exciting. The capabilities they put into the world’s pockets were astonishing ...
@ChristianUncut @businessinsider @BBCRoryCJ ... talk to anyone, know everything, buy anything, all with a few taps on a glass. Having built Facebook, Amazon, and Google, rewiring the experience of being alive, the guys behind these companies will experience a mighty backlash. But ..
@ChristianUncut @businessinsider @BBCRoryCJ .. these guys themselves have continued to grow their legends, rooted in the raw power of their personal fortunes and the gravitas of their philanthropic endeavors ....
@ChristianUncut @businessinsider @BBCRoryCJ Zuckerberg is worth $53.7 billion. Page is worth $51.8 billion. Bezos is worth $133.8 billion, a number that ticked up even as activists and pundits criticized the HQ2 decision. Say what you will, they’ve built world-historic empires—no matter what ultimately becomes of them.
